recipient

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #17487

Meanings

1

noun
A person who receives something.

She was the recipient of this year's top award.
2

noun
A patient who receives a transplanted organ or tissue from a donor.

The recipient of the new kidney recovered well after the operation.
3

adj
Receiving, or able to receive, something.

The recipient country distributed the aid to flood victims.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who receives... receiver addressee

More accepteraccipientacquirergetterobtainer procurer securer

Opposites

giver

Word family

Forms recipients

Derived forms corecipientgeniculorecipientmultirecipientnonrecipientrecipientshipretinorecipientsubrecipient

Related forms receive receiving

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European récipient Middle French recipiēns Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# recipient

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
**Frequency rank:** 17487

## Meanings
1. A person who receives something.
2. A patient who receives a transplanted organ or tissue from a donor.
3. Receiving, or able to receive, something.

## Examples
- She was the recipient of this year's top award.
- The recipient of the new kidney recovered well after the operation.
- The recipient country distributed the aid to flood victims.

## Synonyms
- accepter
- accipient
- acquirer
- getter
- obtainer
- procurer
- receiver
- securer

## Antonyms
- giver

## Derived Forms
- corecipient
- geniculorecipient
- multirecipient
- nonrecipient
- recipientship
- retinorecipient
- subrecipient

## Related Forms
- receive
- receiving

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: récipient
- Root: recipiēns

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

## AI Etymology
Recipient is borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”). The historical chain includes *keh₂p- (Proto-Indo-European), récipient (Middle French), and recipiēns (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as corecipient, geniculorecipient, multirecipient, and nonrecipient and related forms such as receive and receiving. In present use it covers a person who receives something, a patient who receives a transplanted organ or tissue from a donor, and receiving, or able to receive, something.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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